Latest: Leak to newspaper about cystic fibrosis drug 'heartless'

Update 9.07pm: Cystic Fibrosis Ireland has described the leak to a Sunday newspaper that the HSE is unlikely to fund the CF drug, Orkambi, as "heartless".

Latest: Leak to newspaper about cystic fibrosis drug 'heartless'

Update 9.07pm: Cystic Fibrosis Ireland has described the leak to a Sunday newspaper that the HSE is unlikely to fund the CF drug, Orkambi, as "heartless".

The HSE has since issued a statement stating that to date the drug has been considered unjustifiably expensive.

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